Dhaka
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Project • By Studio Archifiction • Offices
a2i Office Renovation, ICT Tower, Dhaka
Aspire to Innovate (a2i) runs the Bangladesh government's digital service programme from the 13th floor of ICT Tower in Agargaon, Dhaka. By 2021 the 6,500 sft floor had been added to piece by piece and no longer read as one office. Studio Archifiction was appointed to renovate it in use and to give the programme a visual identity that could travel to its other offices. The work completed in 2022.
Identity was treated as construction, not decoration. At the entrance a wall of the programme's key words in raised lettering sets the tone; a slatted timber panel carries the logo; a black iron display frame with glass shelves holds awards and publications; and a pair of relief panels in timber frames faces a wall-mounted screen. Every one of tho... More
Project • By Studio Archifiction • Apartments
Dr. Jasim's Residence, Bashundhara, Dhaka
Dr. Jasimuddin bought a 4 katha plot in Bashundhara, Dhaka in 2019. He wanted a bright duplex for his own family, a large terrace with plenty of green, and a building that would still work for the next generation. Studio Archifiction handled full building design, RAJUK approval documentation and construction. It became our first completed residential building project.
Halfway through, his priorities changed. Rental income mattered more and the budget tightened. We protected the planned spaces and the building performance, and adjusted materials and details instead of cutting usable area. The finished building supports both family use and long term rent.
At seven storeys the plan combines efficiently laid out apartment floors below with th... More
Project • By Studio Archifiction • Apartments
Residential Apartment Building, Dhaka
This residential apartment building in Dhaka was designed by Studio Archifiction, an architect-led architecture and interior design studio based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The facade integrates landscaped balconies and greenery, softening the building's street presence while giving each unit private outdoor space in a dense urban context.
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Studio Archifiction's design approach centers on practical space planning, circulation, daylight, ventilation, storage, material quality, and execution detail rather than surface-level styling. The studio works across corporate office interiors, residential and duplex apartments, restaurants, and commercial interiors in Dhaka, handling design, working drawings, BOQ preparation, and site supervisio... More
Project • By Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates • Banks
City Alo Flagship Branch
"CITY ALO"
The very first cafe banking branch dedicated to women entrepreneurs, professionals, students, employees and homemakers alike . Where all women will be considered as a priority guest regardless of the size of deposit. A place to work, to hang out, to meet or to relax while addressing their banking needs . Truly a place "for women" , run "by women" and "by women" .
Kudos to the top management of the City Bank Limited for their pioneering initiative for relying on TKNRK and team Vista Interiors Ltd to design and implement this milestone project. More
Project • By Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates • Private Houses
Sanchita Residence
“Shanchita” means a “collection of memories”, in a way to treasure. The lifestyle of Dhaka has considerably changed over the last 35 years. Beautiful one unit houses with gardens have been replaced by uncaring high-rise apartments. Today’s apartments serve only to provide us with a residence and do little to become a home. The houses of the yesteryears held a rich collection of memories because families lived together, their gardens were treasured by the children to the elderly. There trees, verandas, terraces were not just elements but integral part of the life of the occupants.
The clients aspired for a 'Baganbari' - house in a garden, where their own children could grow up with ample places to play... More
Project • By Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates • Private Houses
Tanvir Residence
An Experiment in "Symbiotic Architecture" , the building is constructed with hand poured as cast concrete in wooden shuttering, retaining the impressions of the wood planks.
Where does a new aesthetics start from? From the aesthetics of a time? Technology? Material? Use? Or can it be from simple realities as climatic conditions? This residence faces a park and needed to have maximum exposure towards it both because of view and prevailing breeze but at the same time needed shading that would protect the opening from rain and reduce direct solar heat gain. We designed the shading device as a symbiotic growth that grew over the building giving the structure an aesthetics of a symbiotic relationship of concrete and metal.
The ho... More